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HELLER FAMILY 
HISTORY. 



W. J. HELLER, 

EASTON, PA. 



GENEALOGY OF 

CHRISTOPHER HELLER AND HIS 

SIX SONS. 



HELLER FAMILY 
HISTORY. 




THE AUTHOR, 

W. J. HELLER, 

EASTON, PA. 



GENEALOGY OF 

CHRISTOPHER HELLER AND HIS 

SIX SONS. 



THE LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS 



WASHINGTON 



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Paper Read by W. J. Heller at the Fifth 
Reunion of the Heller Family Asso- 
ciation at Island Park, Easton, 
Pa., August 29, 1908. 



Gently gliding down the sunny slope 
of Lehigh mountain on a south bound 
electric car, one is very much impressed 
with the extensive view to the south, 
also to the east and to the west, a 
magnificent panoramic display of fertile 
cu!tivatii)n. The eastern end of tlie long 
valley wliich stretches southwesterly to 
the southernmost part of Pennsylvania, 
is known as the greatest productive 
valley in the world. 

Blind, indeed, to the perfections of 
God's handiwork in nature, and inlets 
to a sluggish soul, must be the eyes 
that fail to see, or that grow weary of 
resting upon the beauties of the land- 
scape which is here unfolded to view. 

Far down in this valley of the Sau- 
cons, nestling in a well chosen place, 
just on the east boundary of the 
charming village of Seidersville, in Low- 
er Saucon township, Northampton coun- 
ty, is an ancient log house, a preten- 
tious habitation even long after the 
log cabin days, a mute reminder of the 
times fast being forgotten, the period 
when the red man held undisputed 
sway and the white man was the inter- 
loper. Constructed purposely to with- 
stand an onslaught of the wily Indian, 
a snug domicile standing some distance 
from the mountain foot hills, a place 
selected probably to avoid surprises from 
any lurking enemy, it was a safe re- 
treat after a hard day's toil. This old 



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log house and plantation, known by the 
title of "Delay" was the American home 
of Christopher Heller, who landed at 
Philadelphia, September 5, 1738. The 
tract upon which he erected this log 
cabin was his original purchase of 176 
acres under warrant dated September 
8, 1742. Here he resided until the end 
of his days. 

Christopher Heller, aged 50, and his 
son Simon, aged 17, were passengers on 
the good ship "Winter Galley," from 
Rotterdam, September 5, 1738. ^^Hiether 
any other members of the family were 
included among the passengers is un- 
known. All research to the present 
time, establishes the family only as the 
father and six sons. The oldest of these 
was John Dieter, much of whose life 
is yet shrouded in oblivion. We find 
his name on the books of the Durham 
Furnace in various vocations. At one 
time he was a teamster for the com- 
pany and transported cannon balls to 
Philadelphia during the revolution. He 
enlisted at Germantown in Captain Cal- 
houn's company. Tenth Pennsylvania 
line, served four years and was dis- 
charged in 1781. He was a pensioner as 
late as 1818, when he was living in Lu- 
zerne county. Tradition among his de- 
scendants, who principally inhabit the 
country around the Susquehanna, is to 
the effect that he took up a large tract 
of land, about ten miles southeast of 
Sunbury on the road leading to Potts - 
ville, he having accepted the land al- 
lotted to veterans who served in the 
Revolutionary war. in payment for their 
services, from which he was ejected ow- 
ing to a prior claim of some former 
purchaser, when he removed to some 
other place. Unfortuna,tely, the gene- 
alogy of this line has never been chron- 
icled. The Hellers living in and around 



these same regions are the descendants 
of several of his other brothers, princi- 
pally of Daniel. Rev. A. J. Heller, of 
Connellsville, Pa., and some of the Hel- 
lers in and around Williamsport, are de- 
scendants. 

Simon, the Second Son of Christopher 
Heller. 

The second son of Christopher was Si- 
mon, the fellow passenger of his father. 
Simon took vip a tract of land on war- 
rant dated October 3, 1746, on which 
he built a saw niill. This was a parcel 
of 25 acres belonging to a larger tract 
along the Saucon creek, at the southern 
boundary' of what is now Hellertown 
and known as Wagner's mill. The oth- 
er part of the tract was on the west 
side of the creek and south of the wa- 
gon road and contained 150 acres. To 
this, Simon added in the year 1749, 40 
acres more, making a total number of 
215 acres in this one tract. Simon also 
built an addition to the saw mill in 
which he ground grain. This mill tract, 
after several transfers, passed into the 
hands of the Wagners in the year 1771, 
and is still controlled by them. Simon 
and also his father were active mem- 
bers of the Chestnut Hill Reformed 
church in Upper IMilford township, now 
the most southern part of Tx'high coun- 
ty. After taking up his abode on Sau- 
con creek, he was instrumental in or- 
ganizing the Lower Saucon Reformed 
congiegation which, prior to his time, 
held tlieir services in private houses and 
principally at the house of George Hart- 
zell. Their burying ground was the an- 
cient cemetery at what is now the Lime 
Kiln school house, immediately west of 
the furnace near Hellertown. He was 
the first trustee of the congregation 



and purchasod tlio book in wiiich the 
first records of tiie congroyation were 
kept, wlierein lie entered the names of 
his father and all of the sons, also all 
the baptisms in the Heller family prior 
to the year 1756. 

Simon, in 1764, conveyed his mill site 
to Blasins Beyer and the farm to Chris- 
tian Baehman. removing with his entire 
family to Plainfield township, where he 
purchased at sheriff's sale a large tract 
of land of some 600 acres on which 
was a saw mill and a hotel, now the 
Woodley house at Wind Cap. He was 
a prime mover in organizing the Plain- 
field Reformed congregation. He also 
acted in various interests of the gov- 
ernment in border affairs. He was the 
principal man in the board of viewers 
to lay out the road through the Wind 
Cap and on to Wyoming. This was the 
principal reason why the road was laid 
nut to accommodate the few people 
living along the line. At Saylorsburg 
lived one of his daughters, the wife of 
Jacob Saylor. At Houser's Mills, lived 
another daughter, the wife of one of 
the Housers. It was over this road 
that Sullivan passed with his army and 
which he was compelled to reconstruct 
through the swamp known as the 
"Shades of Death." It is known as 
Sullivan's road to this day. 

Simon's wife, who was Louisa Dietz. 
of Milford township, finally passed to 
the great beyond and was buried at 
Plainfield church. Simon, in due course 
of time, took unto himself a second 
wife, transferred all of his property 
to his oldest son Jacob, severed his con- 
nection with the Plainfield Reformed 
congregation which he helped to organ- 
ize, and removed over the mountain to 
a plantation of some 500 or more acres 
which he had purchased some time pre- 



vious. Simon no sooner had his house 
constructed on this tract when he be- 
gan organizing the Reformed congre- 
gation of Hamilton township. His oUi 
log house is still standing within a few 
feet of the church. Of his second mar- 
riage there were a number of children, 
the principal one being Anthony, who 
became a legatee of all the properties 
above the mountain. The rest of th;' 
children, consequently, loved Anthony 
about as well as those of his first wife 
loved their other brother Jacob. The 
mountain divided the two branches of 
Simon's descendants and they grew up 
to forget the relationship existing be- 
tween them. Simon died in 1783 and 
was buried by the side of his first wife 
in the cemetery adjoining the Plainfield 
church. His second wife lies in a ne- 
glected grave in Hamilton township 
churchjard. Chiseled in marble over the 
grave of Simon is the following in- 
scription. "Here rests in Clod, Johan Si- 
mon Heller, born June 18, 1721. in Ger- 
many, at Peterslieim, in Palitinate, died 
May 20, 1783. In his marriage he begat 
16 children. He lived to see sixteen 
grandcliildnn and fifty-four great- 
giandcliildren, and reached the age of 
sixty-four years, less five weeks and two 
days. His selected funeral text wa.i 
4th chapter Romans, Is verse." (Then 
follows a (ierman rhyme taken from a 
(ierman hymn book of that date and 
which, translated, means as follows) : 
"The body in the earth shall rest until 
the final day. firant to me a joyful re- 
surrection and intercession at the judg- 
ment." 

I will read the will of Simon Heller 
to illustrate the conditions of that ear- 
ly period and the manner of disposing 
of real and personal property: 



The Will of Simon Heller. 

In the name of God, Amen. I, Simon 
Heller of Hamilton township, North- 
ampton county, state of Pennsylvania, 
being weak in body, but of sound mem- 
ory blessed be God, do this day, the 
eighteenth day of May, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand seven hundred 
and eighty-five, make and publish this 
my last will and testament in manner 
following, that is to say — First I give 
and bequeath to my son Daniel Heller 
all my land messuage or tenement, situ- 
ate in Hamilton township, Northamptoa 
county, wherein I now live, to have and 
to hold forever, except fourty acres 
thereof and my son Daniel Heller shall 
pay therefor three hundred pounds, 
good and lawful money to his brothers 
and sisters hereafter named. And I give 
to my son Anthony Heller the above 
said fourty acres land in the corner 
chining to Christian Willauer and Mi- 
chael Roup and Melcher Bussert and 
the meting house, and my son Antony 
shall pay therefor fourty pound to his 
brothers and sisters, and my son Anto- 
ny shall have the said fourty acres land 
forever, this is my last will and testa- 
ment. 

Secondly I give to my beloved wife 
Margareth thirty pound good and law- 
ful money, and fifteen pound six 
months after my decease, and the other 
fifteen pound to be paid to her a year 
after, fourther, I give to my wife a 
bed stet three sheets, a new coverlet, 
and the old coverlet, two pillow and 
the chafe back, if my wife will go of 
or from my plantation and makes here- 
after no demand of my heirs forever, 
I say then shall have my wife the 
above said sum money and not else, 
and if now, I Simon Heller give to my 
beloved wife time, twenty eight days. 



after my decease to consider, and if she 
chose to stay on my place and live with 
my son Daniel Heller, or how else live 
on the place, then shall she my wife 
have yearly and every year eight bushel 
rye, two bushel wheat, one bushel buck- 
wheat, a half bushel corn, fifty pound 
pork and fifty pound beef, and three 
pound hachett flax and six pound toe, 
and she shall have a cow and my son 
Daniel or the man that lives on the 
place shall winter said cow so good as 
his own cows, and my son Daniel Hel- 
ler shall build a room for my wife to 
live in, on one of my houses twelfe foot 
long and and so with the house is with a 
a chimony and a iron stove let in and 
shall her give fier wood so much as 
needful to the house cut small as need- 
ful, and my wife shall have no liberty 
to take, no body in to live with her 
in said room without the will of the 
owner of the place, and this she shall 
have so long she calls herself after my 
name, Heller, and no longer, further, it 
is my last will that thirty pound from 
my state shall be put out upon interest 
and remain on interest during my wifes 
life, and my wife IMargareth shsll have » 
every year the interest of said thirty 
pound during her life, and she shall 
sell nor wast no goods, and after her de- 
ceas- all shall fall back to my heirs again 
but if my wife take up with the first 
ofTer that she quit my heairs and bind 
herselfe in writings that she will make 
hereafter no demand to my heirs, then 
she may do with her goods what she 
pleas, further, it is my last will and 
testament that all my children shall be 
equal heirs except a few things what 
will be mentioned further, my son 
Daniel shall have, after my deeeas all 
my due from my sons John Hellers leas 
bill, said leas bill is ended now the 



payments shall be paid as follows and 
every year the twenty seventh day of 
November and the beginning one thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty eight, 
first to my son Jacob Heller, the second 
payment to my son Abraham, the third 
to my son jMichael, the fourth to my 
son John Heller and then to my son 
Antony Heller, and then to my son 
Daniel Heller and then my son Simon 
Heller, and then to my daughter Veroni- 
ca and then to my daughter Elizabeth, 
and then to my daughter Margareth, 
and then to my daughter Sarah, and 
then to my daughter Caty, and then 
to my daughter Mary, and then to my 
daughter Louis, further, I give to my son 
Antony Heller fifteen pound good law- 
ful money for a horse sattle and bridle, 
and my son Simon my black handker- 
chif and my daughter Caty I give a 
long count of calico and a peticoate and 
two sheets of russia linen, a pewter 
blatter, seven shillingsworth and one 
dish and six pewter plates, and my 
daughter Mary I give trilig for a bet 
and jeck for to put over it, and two 
sheets of Eussia linen Six pewter plates 
and one pewter platter and a pewter 
dish seven shillingsworth and calico for 
a count, and stuff for a pety Coat and 
one yard of fine linnen and one quarter 
of Cambric and a new spinning wheel 
or the money therefor fourther I Simon 
Heller empower my son Jacob Heller to 
over sign and deliver my son Daniel 
and my son Anthony Heller the full 
right and title of my place here in ham- 
ilton without any fraud or further like- 
wise I empower my son Anthony to 
oversigTi and deliver to my son Jacob 
all right and title belonging to the place 
in plainfield in said County when the 
Bond is paid from the year Seventeen 
Hundred Eighty Five. And I Simon 



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Heller make my son Anthony Heller 
overseers of this my will to take care 
and see the same performed according 
to my true intent and meaning. 

In witness whereof I the said Simon 
Heller have to this my last will and 
testament set my hand and seal the 
day and year above written. 

Signed Sealed and Delivered by the 
said Simon Heller as and for his last 
will and testament in the presents of 
us who were present at the signing and 
sealing thereof: 

Melchior Bossert 
Christopher Keller 
Jacob Steelsmith 

I Simon Heller remember yet before 
signing and sealing this my last will 
that the owner of this my place shall 
have the calf of said Cow after it has 
suckt three weeks- 
Simon Heller (Seal)' 

Michael, the Third Son. 

Michael, the third son of Christopher, 
was born in 1724 and died in 1803. He 
did not arrive in America until the year 
1749, eleven years after the arrival of 
his father. At this time, he was 25 
years old, and whether married in Eu- 
rope or America is yet to be determined. 
His first child was born in 1751. He, in 
time, became known as Michael, the 
Elder (Alt Vater Mike). The date of 
his land warrant is July 31, 1750, less 
than a year after he arrived. The tract 
contained 250 acres and was the land 
now comprising the entire west side of 
the main street of Hellertown, on both 
sides of the creek. Its southern boun- 
dary was the road which divided it 
from the plantation of his brother Si- 
mon. He built thereon the old stone 
house standing in the corner opposite 



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tlu» old covered bridge in Ilellertown, 
now known as the Stcver farm. Mi- 
cliael was a farmer of advanced ideas 
and never followed any other vocation, 
ahvajs conservative, honest in dealings 
with his follow men. He became known 
as Old Father Mike in contra distinc- 
tion to the other Michaels roundabout. 
Every family of Heller named one of 
their boys Michael, in his honor, and in 
due course of time it became necessary 
to designate them by some other terra 
than Mike or Michael. Finally, there 
was Alt Vater Mike and his son Michael 
lived along the creek and was known 
as Creeker Mike. Inen there was Mi- 
chael who was owner of a pottery and 
his distinguished title was Hefner 
Mike. Michael, the oil miller, was 
known as Oilich Mike, sometime earlier 
being known as Yunger Mike. After 
the next generation sprung into exist- 
ence, there was another bunch of ]VG- 
chaels and these flourished as Creeker 
Mike's Mike, Oilich Mike's Mike, 
Schwartz-kopf Mike and Kleiner Mike. 
There were more of these Michaels 
roundabout but they must have gotten 
away before another batch of names 
were handed out as we find nothing ad- 
ditional to their name Michael. Michael, 
the Elder, besides being responsible for 
all these Mikes, did service in the wars 
of his time. He was one of Colonel 
Anthony Lerch's Saucon cavalry that 
was the first to respond to the call for 
help in the Indian war in 1756 and 
which was the first body of armed men 
to reach the massacre of the Mora- 
vians above Lehigh Oap and compelled 
the Indians to remain above the moun- 
tains, thus saving Bethlehem, Nazareth 
and Easton. He was married twice, but 
of the names of these two wives the 
records are silent and probably their 



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identity will nevei- be discovered. He 
lies buried at the Lime Kiln school 
house, the ancient Reformed burying 
ground, near Hellertown. 

Daniel, the Fourth Son. 

Daniel, the fourth son of Christopher, 
was born in 1726 and died in 1803. 
There is no record of his arrival, and 
probably he came along with his father 
and Simon and being under the pre- 
scribed age of sixteen years, his name 
would not necessarily appear in tin 
list of the ship's passengers who took 
the oath of obligation. He made his 
home with his father and became the 
owner of the homestead after his fath- 
er's death. He was a carpenter by 
trade and, probably, built the first ad- 
dition to the old log house. Daniel 
had a son, Michael, who was the potter, 
and his pottery stood less than 100 
feet from the rear of the house on a 
line with the barn. It was this Michael, 
the potter, who built the bake oven 
and the kitchen part, as much pottery 
and tile is to be seen in its construc- 
tion. Daniel had another son named 
John Dieter, who farmed the planta- 
tion. Daniel was one of the first to 
take up a building lot in the new set- 
tlement of Hellertown. This was in 
1785. His brother, Michael the Elder, 
about this time was converting part 
of his tract lying between Saucon creek 
and the King's Great Highway (Main 
street, Hellertown) into building lots, 
about the _ time of the Revolutionary 
war. Daniel, besides being a cai-peri- 
ter, was a wheelwright, purchased one 
of these lots, on which he erected a 
wheelwright shop, and this, later, passed 
to his son ]\Iathias. Daniel, his son 
Mathias, another son, .Jeremiah, and a 



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iu'|)1k'\v, Diuiii'l. soil of SiiiiiHi, w lio was 
a blaeksniitli. ilid an cxtonsivc business 
in iiiiikiiiji: \\a;;oiis for use in tlic Tl<'vo- 
lulionaiy army ami lost coiisidcrahlo 
money tlicr('I)y. Daiiicrs losses, how- 
ever, did not prevent liiin from giving 
to each one of his children a farm, yet 
it is a noticeable fact that these farms 
are considerable smaller than those re- 
ceived by the children of his brother. 
Consequently, Mathias, who was a 
wheelwright, and his cousin Daniel, who 
was the blacksmith, moved to Hamil- 
ton township, above the mountain, in 
the vicinity of Buz/.ardsville, where 
Daniel participated in the division of 
his father, Simon's estate. Mathias mi- 
grated to Northumberland county, near 
Berwick, where today reside a great 
many of his descendants. Jeremiah 
finally settled in one of the valleys 
north of the mountain, and west of the 
Lehigh. Daniel, the father, and his 
wife are buried side by side in the 
cemetery adjoining the Lime Kiln school 
house. 

The Other Sons. 

Ludwig, the fifth son of Christopher, 
was a passenger on the ship "Eastern 
Branch," October 3, 1753. There is re- 
corded a land survey in his name dated 
September 11, 1751, of 25 acres. This 
shows an application for the land al- 
most two years prior to his arrival. 
Evidently his father and brothers pre- 
pared a home for him in advance. Of 
Ludwig we know but little. He also 
did service for the Durham furnace and 
afterwards was found in Bucks county, 
later in Hamilton township, now Mon- 
roe county, where he died in 1807 and is 
buried at Hamilton church. 

The sixth son of Qiristopher was 



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Christopher, Junior. He was born in 
1731 and at the age of twenty years 
he sailed for America, arriving on the 
ship "Duke of Bedford," in 1751. The 
ship's register contains also the name 
of Henrich Heller but so far it has 
been impossible to resurrect any one of 
that name, during that period or many 
years afterwards. Probably it was an 
error and meant Holler, as we find the 
name of Henrich Holler during that pe- 
riod. Or it may have meant Henrietta. 
Future research will probably furnish 
a clue. Names also underwent a change 
after a few years residence in America 
and we find Peter and Jacob living 
around the neighborhood with the rest 
of these Heller families, and, possibly, 
later investigations will bring to light, 
relationship as a cousin or even an 
older brother but until such time as 
might disclose that which now appears 
strange, we deem it best to continue 
with John Dieter as the oldest and 
Christopher Junior as the youngest of 
the six sons of Christopher. The time 
of their arrival in America is now well 
established and but little can be added. 
A commendable feature which is re- 
markable for that period was the so- 
licitude displayed for the welfare of 
each member of the family. Choice 
tracts of land were selected for the ab- 
sent ones, one noticeable instance being 
the purchase of a plantation two years 
before the arrival of one of the boys. 
The details in their land transactions 
as found in transfers of deeds make 
very interesting reading. The original 
homestead was deeded by Christopher, 
the father, to Daniel and Christopher! 
Another tract was secured in Milford 
township for three other sons and Si- 
mon was amply provided for in his 
origi^ial purchase. Later, Daniel be- 



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came sole ounor of tlio lioniostoad, liav- 
iii",' puiflia.sod the claim of his l;rotlier 
C liiistoplicr. The Milford townsliip 
phuitation was disposed of and ail the 
boys settled along Saucon creek. Si- 
mon had already settled on both' sides 
of the creek south of what is now llel- 
lortown. ]\iichael took up his 2U() acre 
tract on the west side and Christopher 
on the east side. The King's Highway, 
now iNiain street, Hellertown, was the 
dividing line between the two latter. 
Joliu Dieter and Ludwig both lived on 
adjoining property to the west and 
Daniel, having disposed of his planta- 
tion to one of his sons, by name John 
Dieter, Junior, entered into a business 
enterprise as Iniilder and wagonmaker, 
some time prior to the Revolutionary 
war and thus began the Hellertown of 
today. 

Making Settlements Elsewhere. 

Here, then, was the multiplication of 
the Heller family in Ameriqa. The 
expansion, eventually became so great 
and their desire to acquire vast tracts 
of territory between them led to migi-a- 
tion which proved such a satisfactory 
condition of affairs that there was al- 
most a depopulation of Saucon Valley. 
The exodus was to all the civilized parts 
of the land, and these Hellers, possess- 
ing acres by the hundreds, became scat- 
tered. Simon was the lirst to leave, 
with his entire family of children and 
grandchildren, to the north. Then Lud- 
wig and his family moved southward. 
Others moved eastward. Great num- 
bers of them located in Ohio, Wisconsin, 
Indiana, and a second migration landed 
some of these in Iowa and Illinois. Oth- 
ers finally settled in the northeastern 
counties of Pennsylvania and Upper 



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Jersey. A noticeable feature of this 
migration is that they located in colo- 
nies by themselves. We, therefore, fre- 
quently find settlements in various 
states, now known by the name of Hel- 
ler and their names pass into memory 
in the valleys of the Saucon. 

The energy, thriftiness and intelli- 
gence as shown in the records left be- 
hind by these grandchildren and great- 
grandchildren of the original Christo- 
pher, is of surprising interest. Nearly 
all of them had a knowledge of milling 
in some capacity and there is more 
truth than supposed in the old saying, 
that it was generally understood by 
those who traveled in the northern 
counties of Pennsylvania, that every 
first class mill site was owned by a 
Heller or by some one married to a 
Heller. Christopher's youngest son, 
Christopher, Jr., was probably responsi- 
ble for the greater part of this condi- 
tion of affairs, as his chief aim in life 
appears to have been to establish every 
one of his children and grandchildren in 
a mill. It made no difference whether 
it was a grist mill, oil or saw mill, only 
so *i^ Avas a mill. After he had them 
all supplied he moved to a point oppo- 
site Belvidere along the Delawai'e river, 
became married a second time, raised 
another family of children and finally 
died while supplying this second crop 
of children with mill sites. His descend- 
ants are found around milling centres 
in Pike, Monroe and Wayne counties, 
upper part of Northampton and North- 
umberland in Pennsylvania. He was 
also well represented in Wisconsin. 
Christopher, Jr., died in 1805 and is bu- 
ried at Stone Church, Upper Mount 
Bethel township, Northampton county, 
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